The sedimentary record of the last glaciation in the western Bellingshausen Sea (West Antarctica): Implications for the interpretation of diamictons in a polar-marine setting

Marine Geology

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 191-204

  Hillenbrand, C D ^a   Baesler, A ^b,c   Grobe, H ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bellingshausen Sea; Clay mineralogy; Continental margin; Debris flow; Till

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; LITHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

ICE FLOW; MARINE SEDIMENTS; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIAMICTON; LAST DEGLACIATION; QUATERNARY;

BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 17944373918     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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